Question: Does the company provide qualitative evidence of working towards a circular economy at distinct phases of its products' life cycle?
Answer:
Yes
19796285
World Benchmarking Alliance
Kao Corporation
2024
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The company discloses that the used diapers are carbonised using carbonisation equipment, and the resulting material is then used for environmental purification and plant cultivation. Further, it discloses that some food waste is effectively utilised in methane fermentation and composting, and its paper hot water wipes are made from waste paper, in which the amount of raw materials used is reduced to one-tenth and post-use waste to one-sixteenth compared to general ceramic hot water pipes. Moreover, it discloses that its chemical business has used its proprietary modification and compounding techniques on discarded PET materials (waste PET) to develop NEWTLAC 5000, a new type of asphalt modifier, through positive recycling. Additionally, it discloses that the Body Lotion for Wet Skin, which was launched in September 2020, uses a Raku-raku Switch, and compared to bottles with pumps, Raku-raku Switch-equipped products reduce the quantity of plastic used by around 50%. Also, it discloses that the Air-in Film Bottle film packaging was developed using approximately 50% less plastic compared to conventional pump bottles, and it is making film packaging thinner, which requires less plastic than regular containers.